TiMi Studios, the “daughter” of Tencent, announced the launch of F1, a branch for the development of AAA games with an open world. There is a version that the opening of a new studio is one of Tencent’s steps towards the development of the global metaverse. TiMi refutes these rumors.

The state of California is unhappy that Activision Blizzard wants to suspend consideration of its claim of discrimination in the company. He said that the publisher is deliberately trying to inflate the scandal and uses false facts for this.Photo: NurPhoto / Getty Images

Epic increases the portfolio of published games. Today it became known that the Fortnite developer has taken on publishing future projects of two studios — from the veteran of the indie scene Spry Fox, responsible for the emergence of the merge genre, and from the newly launched Eyes Out team, organized by the designer Spec-Ops: The Line together with the guitarist Nine Inch Nails.

Publishers rarely share insiders. The exception is always a joy. The other day, a similar exception was made by Johan Toresson, the head of the indie publishing house Raw Fury. He stated that the company receives at least 1,500 pitches a year. He noted that this is not very much. Of this number of applications, Raw Fury usually takes less than 1% to work.

At the end of July, the California authorities filed a lawsuit against Activision Blizzard, accusing the company of discrimination and harassment. It turned out that from that moment the publisher fired 20 employees and brought the same number to disciplinary responsibility.

Facebook is preparing for rebranding. The company does not want to be thought of only as a social network. Its new name will refer to plans to build a metaverse.

Blender uses a special fund to develop and support its tools. Now Apple is among the main sponsors. The company’s funds will be used to develop the key components of Blender and add new functions to it.The fact that Apple will transfer funds to the Blender Development Fund on a monthly basis was announced by the developers of the toolkit on October 14.

Jeff Strain, the former founder of ArenaNet and Undead Labs, has announced the opening of a new studio, Possibility Space. She will create an online project and work remotely with developers around the world. The team has already been joined by former employees of companies such as Ubisoft, Valve and Oculus.Possibility Space has already raised funds from the Transcend Fund and the Louisiana Economic Development Fund.

The Communications Workers Union of America (CWA) is unhappy with the peace agreement between Activision Blizzard and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). Yesterday, the union filed a complaint against the commission.

Max Postnikov, executive producer of Nexters, spoke at the WN Conference. He shared business tips for beginners in game development and explained why it is not always necessary to chase investments.

India has long been considered one of the most promising markets in the gaming industry: not only is the number of active players growing in the country, but also the number of local development companies. Xsolla released its material in VentureBeat and showed the success of the Indian gaming market in numbers.

The situation around the harassment investigation at Activision Blizzard is getting more complicated. The California Department of Fair Employment and Placement (DFEH) believes that a peace agreement concluded between a gaming company and one of the federal agencies will harm the lawsuit. At the same time, the Department itself is accused of violating professional ethics.The beginning of the conflict

The producer of the Recontact game franchise, Simay Dinc, has launched the CATS of Small Village creative camp for Turkish children from villages and small towns. Dinge believes that this is a great project for training and attracting young talents to the video game industry.

Registration for the SmartMarket Cup: HTML5 Games has started — the first Sbera tournament for creating and porting HTML5 games. 1.5 million rubles will be divided between the winners.

MY.GAMES decided to strengthen its position in the western market. The company has made Philippe Sauze, former vice president of Activision Blizzard, the head of its Amsterdam office.

Another studio decided to switch to a four-day working week. Eidos Montreal has announced that it will no longer work on Fridays. Separately, the developer of the Deus Ex and Tomb Raider series clarified that the new schedule will not affect the working conditions and salaries of employees in any way.Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy

A small studio Aggro Crab Games acted as a publisher of the indie horror Subway Midnight and attracted attention with an unusual publishing contract. She will not claim a share of the proceeds until the sales of the project reach 10 thousand copies. This decision caused a strong reaction in the community.Subway Midnight

The drains of data on streamers’ earnings upset game designer Cliff Bleszinski. He shared his indignation with his Twitter followers.

The Turkish mobile market is experiencing a real heyday. Local developers receive record investments for the country, and the games created by them become world hits. However, this was not always the case. The Rest of the World edition delved into the history of the Turkish gaming industry and talked about how Istanbul turned into the world capital of casual gaming.